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Capita Translation and Interpreting Limited take care to protect the data privacy of our clients (and, if relevant, their customers), linguists and sub-contractor agency partners, and we comply with all relevant data protection legislation including the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 18”). We will not share your information with third parties, or any company outside of the Capita Group, except if required to do so by law or in accordance with this privacy policy.
Below is some information on how we will use your data.
We are Capita Translation and Interpreting Limited (“Capita TI”). Our registered address is 65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ, United Kingdom. Our postal address is Riverside Court, Huddersfield Road, Delph, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 5FZ. If you wish to contact us, you can call +44 (0)845 367 7000 or email DL-CTI-Marketing@capita.co.uk
Capita has appointed a Data Protection Officer and they can be contacted at privacy@capita.comk.
We collect information from various sources depending on how you contact us and the purpose for which we process your information.
Capita TI Clients or Prospective Clients
We will collect personal data via:
What we collect:
If contact between us is via any of our online portals, website, email, or telephone for a quote or for information about any of our services, or to instruct us to provide any of services to you, we will collect your name, email address, telephone number, job title, company name and address.
We may ask you for details of the service(s) that you require, along with information relevant to each service. Depending upon the service(s) required, this may include language(s) required, wordcount, page count, location where services are to be delivered, length of booking, software to be used in delivering the services, method of payment.
You may also send us documentation that you require us to translate that may contain personal data of any living individual or may provide us with personal data of any living individual during the course of our interpretation services. For this information, you will be the data controller and we will be the data processor and you should ensure that you have all necessary lawful basis to provide the personal data to us. We will only use this information to provide a quote for our service and, if you instruct us to provide our service, to provide those services to you.
All information collected from you will be stored in our secure online systems. Where we are the data controller, we will not keep your data for longer than is necessary. Where we are the data processor, we will keep your data in accordance with our client’s data retention policy notified to us.
Linguists
We will collect personal data via:
What we collect:
If you apply to work with us as a freelance linguist, we will ask for information at different stages of the Onboarding and Vetting process depending upon how you first contact us. This may include:
All information collected from you will be stored in our secure online database within your unique online supplier profile until such time that we deactivate your supplier profile following a 12-month period where no work has been accepted or completed; or you confirm you are no longer providing services to Capita TI clients, or you ask us to remove the information.
Agency Subcontractor Partners
We will collect personal data via:
What we collect:
If you apply to work with us as an agency subcontractor partner, we will ask for information at different stages of the Onboarding and Vetting process depending on how you first contact us. This will include:
All information collected from you will be stored in our secure online database within your unique online supplier profile until such time that we deactivate your supplier profile following a 12-month period where no work has been accepted or completed, or you confirm you are no longer providing services to Capita TI clients, or you ask us to remove the information.
Capita TI Website Users
We will collect data when you:
What we collect:
The information which we collect and store during normal use of the Capita TI website is used to monitor and analyse how parts of the site are used. The information that we collect will include:
Our Cookies policy can be found below.
You have the option on certain pages within the Capita TI website to submit personal information to Capita TI in order that we might send you further information or contact you with regards to a request or information relating to our services. To opt out of any email communications from us, please click the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the foot of the email in question. The information that we will collect when you submit a ‘contact us’ or ‘registration form’ includes:
For the purpose of direct marketing, we will ask for your consent to this marketing. We will not use personal data submitted other than for the stated purposes.
Complaints and disputes
We will collect personal data via:
What we will collect:
Whilst recording, investigating, and dealing with a dispute or a complaint, we may collect the following information in order to fully understand what has occurred, to provide a response, defend ourselves (if applicable), and resolve any issues:
All information collected will be stored in our secure online database in line with GDPR / DPA requirements.
We use the information we collect from you in a few different ways:
Capita TI Clients or Prospective Clients
Data collected via:
What we do with your data:
We process your personal data so that we can contact you about, or supply you with, a quote for a translation or interpreting request and/or to deliver translation or interpreting related services to you.
We may also use any personal data that you provide in order to enforce any agreement with you.
Linguists or subcontractor agency partners
Data collected via:
What we do with your data:
We process your personal data so that we can contact you with regards to your application as a freelance translator or interpreter or agency subcontractor partner for Capita TI.
For freelance translators and interpreters, once we have assessed the information you have provided, if you meet the criteria required to provide services to Capita clients, we may require you to undergo one or more vetting checks including a RTW check (Right to Work in the UK), EDBS check (Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service), NPPV Level 3 or NPPV Level 3 with SC (Non-Police Personnel Vetting with or without Security Clearance), Financial Probity check. We utilise specialist third party vetting companies to complete vetting on behalf of Capita TI and are required to submit your details to them in order for them to contact you. We will confirm this with you and ask for your consent prior to doing so.
Once you have been fully onboarded and vetted and are included in our supplier panels, on an ongoing basis we will contact you to offer suitable translation / related projects or interpreting jobs.
Capita TI Website Users
Data collected when:
Using our website or submitting ‘contact us’ or ‘registration’ forms.
What we do with your data:
You have the option on certain pages within the Capita TI website to submit personal information to Capita TI in order that we might send you further marketing information or contact you with regards to a request or information relating to our services. To opt-out of any email communications from us, please click the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the foot of the email in question.
Complaints and disputes
We will use any personal data you provide relating to a complaint in order to investigate, settle, and defend (as applicable) any complaint or dispute.
Capita TI Clients or Prospective Clients
Data collected via: Client online portals / website forms / emails / telephone calls
Legal basis for processing:
Legitimate business interest, in order to answer any enquiry that you make.
If there is a contract between us, processing is necessary for the performance of that contract.
Where you are the data controller and we are the data processor, you are responsible for ensuring a lawful basis for the processing and we will only process that personal data on your documented instructions
Linguists or subcontractor agency partners
Data collected via: Linguist online portals / website forms / emails / telephone calls
Legal basis for processing:
Legitimate business interest, in order for us to answer any enquiry that you make, and/or, if applicable, to assess your suitability for us to engage your services.
Prior to entering into a contract and during a contract, we may need to process personal data to comply with any laws imposed on us, for example, to ensure your right to work in the UK and in order to pay you.
If there is a contract between us, we may process your personal data necessary for the performance of that contract.
Capita TI Website Users
Data collected when: using our website or submitting ‘contact us’ or ‘registration’ forms
Legal basis for processing: Legitimate business interest based on your contact and in order to monitor and improve the website.
Complaints and disputes
Legal basis for processing: Legitimate business interest in order to deal with the complaint/dispute.
Consent
We may also use your personal information where you give us your express consent, for example when you provide consent to receive marketing materials.
Sharing information
Your information will not be shared outside the Capita plc group of companies unless required by law, or in the case of freelance interpreters or translators:
Data transfers
Where Capita is the data processor, personal data will not be transferred by us outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) unless specifically agreed with the controller.
To deliver a 24/7/365 service, we have employees in various time zones. For Translation and related services, unless we have a Data Processing Agreement or Contract in place to state otherwise, your data may be processed by our Capita TI teams in India or China to enable our Project Managers to allocate your request to a suitable linguist, and to receive and check the translated content in order to perform quality checks and deliver the final files back to you. Where this is the case, we will ensure that such transfers are compliant with the GDPR and DPA 2018. Appropriate measures will be put in place to keep your personal data secure.
One of the third-party vetting companies used, The Security Watchdog, have a team based in India. All data submitted to The Security Watchdog for the purposes of vetting, will be stored securely in UK based servers and accessed by The Security Watchdog team in India to process the vetting checks.
How long do we keep your data?
We will keep your personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the law and relevant regulations. We will never retain your personal information for longer than is necessary. For further details on data retention, please contact DL-CTI-Marketing@capita.com.
What if you do not want to provide information?
If you do not wish us to process your personal data in order to use this site, please contact us on DL-CTI-Marketing@capita.com.
Use of Cookies
We operate in line with the latest guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office which you can view via this link: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies.
Other websites
This website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.
Data subject’s rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights, which you can enforce by contacting DL-CTI-Marketing@capita.com
The right to be informed
Capita has an obligation to provide “fair processing information”. We comply with this through this privacy notice which emphasises the need for transparency over how we use personal data.
The right to access
You have the right to obtain confirmation that your data is being processed and a right to obtain access to your personal data (e.g. By receiving a copy of it). We have an obligation to provide this information within 1 month of your request.
The right to rectification
You have the right to have your personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete. If Capita TI has provided your details to a third party, then we have a requirement to inform them of the rectification where possible
The right to restrict processing
You have the right to restrict or block processing of your personal data. Where processing has been restricted Capita TI has the right to store the personal data, but we are not permitted to process it further. We will retain enough information about you to ensure that restriction is respected in the future.
The right to erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten)
You have the right to request deletion or removal of your personal data when there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
The right to data portability
Data portability allows you the right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purpose across different services. It allows you to move, copy or transfer your personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without hindrance to usability.
This right only applies to personal data that you have provided to Capita TI as the data controller; where processing is based on your consent or for the performance of a contract; and when processing is carried out by automated means.
The right to object
GDPR gives you the right to object to processing in certain circumstances. This includes the absolute right to object to direct marketing (including profiling). In order to manage your preferences, Capita TI marketing communications will always include the option for you to opt out (unsubscribe) from marketing updates. For further information please contact DL-CTI-Marketing@capita.com.
The right to withdraw consent
If we are processing personal data based on having received your consent you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
The right to complain to a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint to the ICO using the following details:
Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745.
Changes to our privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review, and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 7h July 2021.
